435-hp V8, 310-hp Four-Banger, 300-hp V6 in 2015 Mustang
I’m sure you’ve encountered at least one person in your life where the moment you met them, you just wanted to see what they were like in bed. When I met the 2015 Ford Mustang for the first time on December 5, 2013, my feelings of lust began to swirl inside me like the water inside a flushing public toilet. I wanted to get intimate with this machine, but the machine would play hard to get.
At first I wanted to know all about the car, but when Ford unveiled the new Mustang last year, not a lot of data came with it. Today, however, some of the most important details about the new pony have been released: the power figures. This is about as exciting as full-frontal.
These numbers still have to be certified, but they are official Ford horsepower and torque figures. Here we go:
- Mustang GT: 435-hp, 400-lb-ft 5.0L V8
- Mustang EcoBoost: 310-hp, 320-lb-ft 2.3L I4 twin-scroll turbo (on 93 octane)
- Mustang V6: 300-hp, 280-lb-ft 3.7L V6
While the V8 in the 2015 model has been bumped up by 15 horsepower and 10 lb-ft of torque compared with this year’s model, the V6 last lost some mojo to the tune of five ponies.
Do you think Ford actually detuned the V6 to sell more EcoBoost models, or is the 3.7 just being underrated? Now that you know the four-banger’s power figures, are you willing to consider an EcoBoost ‘Stang?